The Present
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The Bible reveals the truth and makes complete sense when interpreted correctly. In the past, prophets and seers of the truth tried to tell people what the truth was, but the people they told did not understand them. This resulted in the creation of religions that hide the truth that they are supposed to reveal. What the prophets said was misunderstood, distorted, and turned into myths.

A few things the prophets said survived their followers and reveal the truth. The problem is, almost no one knows what the truth is. People believe in the myths and do not see the truth they contain.

Now we can know what the prophets were really saying, and we owe it to the prophets of the past and ourselves to correct the misinterpretations. For the first time, we can know what they really said and meant.

This book is that long delayed, but always expected, true explanation.

Most of the Bible and other old religious books are the interpretations, opinions, and the bias of many different uninspired people, and not what Jesus and other inspired prophets actually said or meant.

The brutal Roman emperor Constantine and the corrupt Council of Nicaea he controlled created the official Bible. It was created to serve their political agenda in 325 AD. It was created by the enemies of Christianity, the people who killed Jesus and tried to destroy the religion. Billions of people believe in a book created by corrupt people. It was not created to enlighten people; it was created to control people. The truth has been hidden.

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Know the truth: Most of the misinterpretations and distortions of what a prophet said in ancient times happened before it was written down. What they said was passed down by word of mouth from one person to another. This way of passing down sayings and stories will always change them, sometimes completely. This is especially true with primitive people in ancient times. Back then, people could not understand the truth, so what a prophet said was turned into myths as it was passed down. Even after they were written down, they continued to be misinterpreted and distorted during translations from one language to another. Most of what Jesus said was never even written down in the language he spoke. 

The early interpreters did not know the truth. To interpret what a prophet says, you have to know the truth. In the past, almost no one could know the truth. Now, almost everyone can. Mankind has finally progressed enough to see it clearly.

Jesus said, “Whoever finds the correct interpretation of what I am saying will find eternal life.”

When people see what Jesus is really saying, they will also be able to see what all the other enlightened philosophers, prophets, and poets are really saying.

2 + 2 = 4: It does not equal anything else. The truth is, there is only one truth. Believing 2 + 2 = 5 or 6 or anything else does not make it true. There are an infinite amount of wrong answers, but only one true answer.

Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Albert Einstein

The Rorschach inkblot test is that inkblot that psychologists show to people, asking them what they see. Everyone will see something different depending on what their imagination comes up with. The truth is, it is an inkblot; that is the only true answer.

A man should look for what is and not for what he thinks should be.
Albert Einstein

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Make believe: I do not play make believe in real life, but billions of grown people do and say it is the truth. I no longer believe in Santa Clause and the other myths, legends, and fairy tales that the known evidence says are not true.

It is better to be blind than to see things that do not exist.

Common denominator: The truth is the only thing that can unite all human beings. It is what we all have in common, and that will never change. There is only one sky for all of us. Everyone eats and breathes and is born and dies etc. The ultimate truth is universal truth; it is the same for everyone, everywhere, and it always has been and always will be. We have to see the big picture of life.

Only the truth can stop the wars and make the world the paradise it can be.

Reason: We can now use our ability to reason, deductive logic, and extrapolation of the known evidence to know and understand things that the evidence does not reveal directly, such as life after death. We have progressed enough to know and understand the fundamental truth of life. It will transform us and our world.

Scholarly: I am not a good writer, or a scholar, as you no doubt have noticed, but most prophets were not good writers or scholars. This book will not be sophisticated enough for many intellectuals, but most people are not intellectuals. The truth has to be explained in a simple, unsophisticated way, or else kids and most people will not understand it. The truth is for everyone, not just intellectuals.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics.
Henry David Thoreau

For the most part, this book does not need footnotes, because most of what is said is original (never said before) and the proof is self-evident.

I am dyslexic and make some mistakes in grammar, but the content is correct. That said, this book is much easier to read than most books on the subject.

Jesus said, “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.”

The scribes were the writers and scholars in ancient times. The Pharisees were the religious leaders. They believed in a dogma that made them closed-minded.

Most religious and philosophical scholars are not inspired people. They just take other people’s inspirations and write about them in a scholarly way. What they do not understand, they distort or misinterpret. All the big words, footnotes and perfect grammar make them look like real authorities on a subject. The opposite is true when it comes to religious truth. Scholars have not known what they have been talking about; thus, they have been and are now a force against the truth.

Most religious leaders are well intentioned. They toe the line and fight any change in the status quo, but in doing it, they perpetuate the misinterpretations.

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Scholars are of the mind. Prophets and other inspired people are dealing with something beyond the mind, which means they see life in completely different ways. Scholars are not bad people, but they do not see the world a prophet sees.

Jesus said, "Show me the stone which the builders have rejected. That stone is the cornerstone."

In other words, the rejected or unseen truth is the actual truth.

The big difference: Many things in this book will sound familiar. That is because you have heard some of the truth before. It is what you have not heard before and the little differences to what you have heard that will make the big difference.

Great spirits are always opposed by mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

All great truths begin as blasphemies.
George Bernard Shaw

Anyone that says anything different from the accepted myths of religion is labeled a blasphemer. Jesus was a blasphemer in his time and executed for being one.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer

I am giving it to you the same way it was given to me. The ultimate truth is like a combination to a lock; it has to be in a certain order, and you need all of it to open the gate to true life.

True life reveals the truth.

The truth is just what it looks like it is; the problem is people cannot see clearly.

Jesus said, “The hour is coming when I will not speak to you in dark sayings, but will tell you plainly about God.”

Jesus said, “He who drinks from my mouth will become as I am and I will become he and the hidden things will be revealed to him.”

Hidden things: Following are the correct interpretations and the hidden things:

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Jesus said, "I have come that you might have life and have it abundantly.”

Abundant life: You get a little taste of it when you see a beautiful waterfall, a sunset, make a great golf shot, ride a rollercoaster, a first kiss etc. Peak moments in your life feel good, because you get a larger percentage of what each moment of life actually contains.

Abundant life = true life.

True religion is real living.
Albert Einstein

People in the past did not know what Jesus meant by “abundant life,” so they turned around its literal meaning and interpreted it to mean “a life of abundance.” Many preachers use that saying to justify getting rich and having an abundance of possessions. Misinterpretation leads people in the wrong direction.

Your mind is the gatekeeper of life. Sometimes it lets a little true life in, but most of the time it does not. You can only see the truth when it lets all of life in.

Figure 1. shows how mankind currently perceives life. Figure 2. shows true life.

The arrows represent life coming to you from all directions. The dotted line shows how your mind blocks most of the life coming to you. Without the mind blocking life, you receive all of life, abundant life, true life, and reflect it all back out.

Halos: This is why the saints and prophets in paintings are shown with a halo. It illustrates their radiance; they radiated life as shown in figure 2 of the drawing.

Seeing Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon for the first time is a peak moment for most people. Why does it make you feel so alive? Nothing really happens to you. Why doesn’t it feel as good the second time you see it? The reason is your mind opens up when something is new or special.

It's not what you look at that matters; it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau

The truth is, every moment of life is special, and you can be completely open to life all the time. You have to see true life to see the truth. This is the truth...

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